Wilhelm Schmidt-Ruthenbeck (1906-1988) was a German entrepreneur, the co-founder of the retail chain
Metro AG.
Life
His father was Karl Schmidt, who founded in 1923 in Duisburg, the company ''Karl Schmidt OGH''. In 1963, Schmidt-Ruthenbeck founded, together with his brother
Ernst Schmidt
Ernst Schmidt (12 October 1924 – 16 December 2009) was a German communist activist in West Germany during the Cold War. He was an active member of the Communist Party of Germany, which was banned as unconstitutional in 1956, and was senten ...
, the German company Metro AG.
Schmidt-Ruthenbeck was married with Vera Ruthenbeck. His children were
Michael Schmidt-Ruthenbeck,
Rainer Schmidt-Ruthenbeck, and Viola Schmidt-Ruthenbeck.
External links
Metro Group
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German company founders
20th-century German businesspeople
German businesspeople in retailing
Metro Group people
1906 births
1988 deaths